Sauna and bathtub: heat works wonders

Fire and flame for sauna and bath

Escape from the cold: off to the sauna!

Wonderfully warm steam ...

At 95 degrees in the sauna, every feeling of coldness melts away. The veins dilate: this relaxes the muscles, lowers the blood pressure and improves the skin circulation. And with the beads of sweat that run down the body leisurely, the last bit of stress evaporates.

Due to the heat, our body releases more good-mood hormones such as serotonin and dopamine. This can be supported with the right sauna fragrance doping: Just add a few drops of essential orange oil to the sauna infusion. Important: The essence should be made especially for sauna infusions. Close your eyes and inhale the scent.

... dispels frosty thoughts

The fruity aromas affect our senses through the nose and skin. Wrapped in warm, fragrant steam in the sauna, time stands still for a moment. But saunaing does even more: Who makes it right, after each trip to the sauna for cold weather through ice showers or the jump into the cold pool provides strengthens its defenses.

Even the skin benefits from regular sessions in the sauna. It is cleaned pore-deep, loose skin scales are repelled, the formation of strengthening collagen fibers is stimulated. Support this effect: Between the second and third course in the sauna - after the resting phase - under the lukewarm shower, scrub skin with a gentle shower scrub or a foamy soaped body brush, dab dry and continue to sweat with petting skin.

After the sauna, the complexion is rosy and fresh, the skin is ready for a nursing receipt: Rich body creams and oils, but also facial masks are now particularly effective. Because the liberated pores are slightly open and extremely receptive for nourishing agents.

Dive into the heat at home - in the bathtub

Small baths

Even in your own home escape the cold - by diving into the warmth. To start off with, drink a cup of warming ginger tea or herbal tea with a pinch of cinnamon and cardamom. Then get into the warm tub and slowly let hot water run in until the temperature reaches about 40 degrees. After 5 minutes, get out and, after having done a warm blanket, make a nice steaming.

So that the bath also offers the skin pats, choose the bath additive carefully: Milk and oil baths ensure a perfect refatting, Rose baths are especially warm.

You do not have a bathtub? The alternative for home ...

Feel-good scents for cold noses

Get an icy tip of the nose while walking through the Winter Wonderland - but no bathtub in the house? Then a facial steam bath not only warms the nose. This is how it works: Put boiling water in a large bowl. Depending on the skin type, add sage oil (oily skin), rose oil (dry skin) or camomile (sensitive skin). Hold your head over the steam, towel over it and indulge in the steam for 5 to 10 minutes. The fine droplet film prevents too much liquid escaping from the tissue. Excess sebum is washed away, wrinkles are smoothed out. Afterwards cream well!

Relaxation...

Frostbaked feet thaws a footbath again. So the heat rises guaranteed from the toes up: 1 tablespoon mustard powder or rosemary oil in a bowl with about 5 liters of hot water.